On Tue, 17 Dec 2013 14:10:27 +0100, Dridi Boukelmoune wrote:
>> # repoquery --whatprovides /usr/share/javadoc
>> javapackages-tools-0:3.4.1-1.fc20.noarch
>> javapackages-tools-0:3.4.1-1.fc20.noarch
>
> So now you know why they require javapackages-tools (jpackage-utils). They
> mostly need if for directory ownership
Maybe they could co-own the directory instead of requiring javapackages-tools.
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Guidelines#The_directory_is_owne...
Exactly my thought. That part of the guideline is rather new (2012/2013),
so it's likely that the javadoc packaging guidelines just need an update.
Stanislav Ochotnicky wrote:
> Besides there are probably still a lot of javadoc packages that
pull in main package.
>
Which asks for an update to the guidelines. We need to start somewhere.
Sure, it'll be low-priority stuff, but it's really more convenient if
documentation can be installed without pulling in a huge dep-chain.